OSX 10.10 import .pfx without a password?

Question

I am attempting to import a .pfx certificate on a MacBookPro with 10.10. As I import the cert I am prompted to enter a password for the cert. I created the cert and I know there is no password. I cannot leave the password field blank as it results in an "Sorry, you entered an invalid password." error. Is there a way to import a .pfx certificate that is not encypted with a password?

Answer 1

Assuming you don't need to import the private key, you can extract the certificate from the pfx file on a machine with openssl installed using the command below.

openssl pkcs12 -in [inputFile.pfx] -nokeys -out [outputFile.cer]

If you need to import the private key to OSX, or don't have a machine with openssl, you could try importing the pfx in Windows & exporting either just the cert to a cer file or the cert & key to a new pfx with a password.

I'm not sure how you wound up with a pfx that has no password in the first place, because they contain the associated private key a password is typically required.